Michael Arenella will be the bandleader at the event, and he’ll also be dancing the Charleston. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Friday. Today, and on Fridays through the summer, we’ll focus on ...
Establishments such as the historic Paramount Ballroom are time capsules from the 1930s. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...
British bandleader Alex Mendham, who is launching an Art Deco Dance Series in San Francisco this month, has long been interested in recordings of 1930s Jazz Age radio broadcasts of bands playing the ...
A lawn party for would-be Gatsbys and flappers has become an annual New York tradition. Roaring Twenties re-enactors had a hot time on Governors Island.Credit...Desiree Rios for The New York Times ...
At the height of the Roaring Twenties, flappers took to the floor, arms flailing and feet kicking to a new beat: the Charleston. A century later, the dance still captivates—especially for performer, ...
“Jazz Age Illustration” acknowledges both the music and the high spirits. But its concerns, as the show’s title indicates, ...
A whole lot of soul is the goal every time Giordano Dance Chicago commands the stage. The award-winning, Chicago-based jazz dance company even has its own technique: the Giordano Technique, which is ...
We’re four years into the new ’20s, and the prototypal jazz-age aesthetic is finally making a comeback — reimagined, of course. Add to that the heavy-handed vamp noir lips featured at Valentino’s ...